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BBC News
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Italy says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, more than 20 years after it was scrapped by referendum in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster.
Since then Italy has become the world's biggest net importer of electricity.
Industry Minister Cl..
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BBC News
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A tiny generator powered by natural vibrations could soon be helping keep heart pacemakers working.
Created by scientists at the University of Southampton, the generator has been developed to power devices where replacing batteries is very difficult...
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CNN
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Two Russian cosmonauts began to get crucial computers up and running Friday, four days after they crashed at the international space station and curbed the outpost's ability to orient itself and produce oxygen.
The progress came after days of frustrati..
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BBC News
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There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant "tractor beam" of energy at Earth in order to extract a massive payment.
Well, the memory of it kept me chuckling as I toured the extraordinary scene of the new solar th..
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Physorg
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A 17-year University of Utah study of ground movements shows that the power of the huge volcanic hotspot beneath Yellowstone National Park is much greater than previously thought during times when the giant volcano is slumbering.
The $2.3 million study..
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Yahoo News
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A moratorium on coal-fired power plants is key to cutting carbon dioxide emissions that promote global warming, NASA's top climatologist said Monday.
"There should be a moratorium on building any more coal-fired power plants until the technology to cap..
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Physorg
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Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline climbs to $3 per gallon. They wond..
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CNN
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Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test the idea this week -- with sometimes disastrous results...
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BBC News
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The government is inviting communities in the UK to volunteer to host radioactive waste from the country's half-century of nuclear power.
Local authorities are urged to consult widely before coming forward, and may win financial support.
Ministers h..
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BBC News
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The power generated by the proposed Severn Barrage could be produced more cheaply using other green technologies, a report says.
The �15bn dam across the Severn estuary from Cardiff to Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset could supply 5% of the UK's electri..
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BBC News
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Hundreds of UK power substations and water treatment plants are potentially at risk from flooding, a confidential government study suggests.
BBC News has seen the conclusions of research commissioned after the devastating floods of 2007.
Yorkshire a..
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BBC News
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The case for nuclear power as a low carbon energy source to replace fossil fuels has been challenged in a new report by Australian academics.
It suggests greenhouse emissions from the mining of uranium - on which nuclear power relies - are on the rise...
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MSNBC
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A pair of spacewalking astronauts started putting together a robot outside the international space station early Friday despite a problem getting power to the giant machine.
The trouble cropped up Thursday and had engineers scrambling for a solution as..
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BBC News
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Britain's reliance on nuclear energy should increase over the next two decades, business secretary John Hutton has told The Financial Times.
Mr Hutton announced plans in January for a new generation of nuclear plants to replace the UK's 10 ageing stati..
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BBC News
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Power dressing" may soon have a very different and literal meaning.
Scientists in the US have developed novel brush-like fibres that generate electrical energy from movement.
Weaving them into a material could allow designers to create "smart" cloth..
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BBC News
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Details of a feasibility study into the Severn Barrage, a tidal power plan that could provide about 5% of UK electricity, have been announced.
The government said the scale of the project and the impact it could have on securing energy supplies and tac..
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BBC News
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The Cabinet has agreed in principle to approve a new generation of nuclear power stations, it has emerged.
Business Secretary John Hutton will formally announce the decision in a statement to MPs on Thursday.
Environmental campaigners say such a mov..
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MSNBC
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Two astronauts on the international space station will make a spacewalk next week to find out if a micrometeorite strike damaged a critical part of the outpost's power system, officials said on Thursday.
The station is not in any danger and is still pr..
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BBC News
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A study of the world's power stations has shown the extent to which developed countries produce more carbon dioxide per head than emerging economies.
Australians were found to be the world's worst polluters per capita, producing five times as much CO2..
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BBC News
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Energy, planning and climate change bills in the Queen's Speech pave the way for new UK nuclear power stations.
The plans, part of Gordon Brown's first programme as PM, are said to be aimed at cutting carbon emissions and getting the best energy mix fo..
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